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28 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. his life and died there in 1835. Was he ever married, and where was he buried ? He is said to have had two sisters — Susannah Judith Wilhams, who died in infancy, and Ann Christiana Williams, who was born in Falmouth in 1756 and died unmarried there in iSio. There may be still some members of this family who would not refuse to give accurate information, and any information will be welcomed by F. de M. I.arpent. 21. Some Studies in the Topography of the Cathedral Close. — Correction, p. 145, line 20 : The sup- porters of Queen Elizabeth were the lion and wyvem. The wyvern and the dragon often get confused ; the first may be easily identified by having only two legs, whereas the dragon has four. Queen Elizabeth's supporters were a lion and (red) dragon segreant. On same page and paragraph there is stated to be a shield of RoUe impaling a coat of six quart- erings, with a probability that it belonged to a wife of George Rolle, but without blazons. Cannot a photograph, rough sketch, or verbal blazons be made of this, so that the family might be identified and the pedigree proved ? F. W. 22. Courtenay and Champernown Families. — The following from Notes attd Queries, 9th ser., Vol. IV., p. 212, re local families, appears to the Editors to be of sufficient interest to warrant reproduction. Courtenay. A remarkable error appears on a brass (in the church of Lanteglos by Fowey (Cornwall) which records the marriage of William Mohun with Frances Courtenay instead of her sister Isabel (see Inq. P.M., 4 & 5 Ph. & M., part 2, No. 4). These were two of four sisters, great-aunts and co-heiresses of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, the suitor of Queen Elizabeth when Princess. Champernown, Umherleigh. In the important Inq. P.M. 30, Edw. I., No. 20 (see Roberts' Cal. Getual. ii., 6207) we find Oliver de Champernown set down as heir of Emma de Soligny. His daughter and heiress, who was always styled " the lady Joan Champernown " granted lands for the celebration of masses in her chapel at Umberleigh for the souls of William de Arnulphi (Champernown), her father, and Eva, her mother, and Ralph de Wilington,. late her